Q-Tipped Toilet...

TeleTech · 2004-04-29T18:01:51+00:00

I have a CRANE brand toilet from the 1960's. The lid to the water tank has a hole in it (not sure why; it appears to be original).A certain toddler has found that Q-Tips fit through the hole very nicely. I cleaned out as much of the mess as I could, but it seems that now the flush is "sluggish."I used a coat hanger and was able to get some cotton out of the small holes under the rim, but still no full flush. Is there anything that would dissolve the cotton and/or paper muck?

Q-Tipped Toilet...

Apr 29, 2004 23 Replies

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NoSpam 22 years ago

Or just the gun if it's clogged up badly enough.

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TeleTech 22 years ago

snipped-for-privacy@aol.comfixit (Bill) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m17.aol.com:

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PERFECT! Worked on the first try. Perhaps that should be "routine maintenance" for all older toilets...

Thank you.

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Bill 22 years ago

Good news. __

Bill MrHandiman.com North Myrtle Beach,SC

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TeleTech 22 years ago

Here's where it gets really weird.

As suggested, I put dish soap into the overflow tube. The toilet flushed OK. Then it started acting up again.

Just for the heck of it, I put dish soap into the bowl. It flushed! This toilet will not flush properly unless there is dish soap EITHER in the overflow tube OR in the bowl itself (NOT the water tank)!!!!

Any ideas?

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